If you're new to MMA or just want to watch the UFC from the beginning, this is the place to start.

Twice a week a new video of the UFC is posted. We're starting at UFC 1 and working our way up chronologically. The subreddit was started so that each person could watch/comment at your own pace. Please do comment, we love discussion.

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April 10th Had a really busy weekend, haven't been home since Thursday. This delayed some uploads. No worries though for I will make up for it this week. I'll try to get in three events this week before the weekend.

April 12th The unaired Jeremy Horn vs. Frank Shamrock fight has been added to the UFC 17 post. The quality is not as good as other videos, but it's the best I could find. It originally didn't air on the PVP, but was later added to a compilation VHS titled The UFC: A Night of Champions.

April 25th Trying to keep a schedule of uploading a fight every Monday and Friday. Hope this works well for everyone, feedback appreciated.

"Longtime boxing fan and opponent of what would become MMA, Arizona Senator John McCain had succeeded in dealing the UFC a major, if not fatal, blow. Using many of his FCC and media connections, McCain convinced nearly ever major PPV provider of the era to give up on the UFC. Following in their big brothers’ footsteps, many of the smaller local providers followed suit and ceased showing the events. The only cable provider to stick by the UFC in these troubled times was DirectTV. While it still provided a lifeline for the struggling promotion, it was a thin one. It is hard to estimate what the entire PPV universe was at the time, but to say the UFC had access to about only 10% of the customers in 1997 that they did in 1996 would not be outlandish.

Of course, less potential customers means less actual customers, and less customers meant massively less income. It was this cut in profit that would lead many fighters to move on to more lucrative fields – whether that meant fighting in Japan, moving to pro wrestling or both – or just to move on from competitive fighting altogether.

But finding a PPV audience wasn’t the only problem the UFC was having at this point. They were banging their heads against the wall just trying to find a place to hold UFC XII: Judgment Day.

Originally, they had planned to return to New York for the first time in several years, after already having to move UFC XIII to Puerto Rico after problems with the state legislature. This time, they worked closely with the New York State Boxing Commission, even having their fighters taking medical exams. These exams led to a change in the original main event, which was to be Don Frye taking on his mentor, Dan Severn. Frye had suffered a broken hand in defeating Tank Abbott in the main event of the Ultimate Ultimate 96 though, and could not gain clearance to fight. He was removed from the card (and would never fight in the Octagon again) and replaced with Mark Coleman, who was recovering from an ailment that affected his pituitary gland. Of course, before the show ever took place, the boxing commission would decide that it would not sanction a UFC event in New York state, forcing the show to be moved to Oregon. Well, at least they planned on moving the show to Oregon until the Oregon Athletic Commission banned the event as well. Faced with a dilemma, they chose their old stomping grounds of Alabama – this time in Dothan – and put on the show."

John McCain came within striking distance of the presidency in 2000. All other political BS aside, could you imagine the sad shape American MMA would be in today if he'd had been in charge from 2000 to 2004/2008?

The UFC lost most of it's income from that point on and became unable to retain it's top fighters (as unrulyruly's description in the comments indicates). Until the Zuffa purchase this was the time period during which most fans lost track of the organisation. These are the UFC events I'm the most interested in seeing since I was not in the US at the time.

It's awesome seeing young Joe Rogan. His claim to fame at the time was the sitcom News Radio.

Wow look at the internet. Nice web page, UFC.

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